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How to photograph ink in water
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31 responses to “How to photograph ink in water”
Where are the links to the table top light stand and the other items used in this video? Would have gladly picked all these things up through your affiliate links
Which product is the 6:15 minute? Thank you.
Indeed this is tough. Lol. Back when the pandemic started and there were strong restrictions on gathering and no more concerts (the type of stuff I LOVE to shoot), I looked into learning how to do ink photography because it always looked cool. But yes, this is a LOT harder to do, especially if you are doing it by yourself.
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Cool tip on the tube to drip the ink inside the water 🙂 My flashes are a bit old and unreliable so I ordered a few AD200 Pro's but like everything else, Amazon is super late shipping things. Hopefully they'll be here soon and now I have a new fun project to tinker around with them 🙂 I guess the flash power should be fairly low so that the light doesn't bounce back from the glass of the tank and overwhelms the lens, right?
And another great tip was the ruler to focus, so you gave me a new idea and two tips LOL
Great tutorial. Really enjoyed it. Too bad you did not dunk Lee in the tank with the gold food coloring
How about items in the tank Example. A bookend skull theme. And mirror it or clone it a glass skull bottle would be fun to try
You're potential swimmer picture reminds me more of a nightmare from a horror movie. Best skull effect I've seen.
The pictures look like cosmic nebulas.
Patrick, I thought this was a great tutorial. Your efforts and expertise are appreciated!!!
Daaamn – that is one good tutorial.
High Quality Content with great presentation and sweet results.
I recently took some abstract pictures with Waterdrop-photography again and so I remembered that I wanted to shoot ink in water aswell.
You said that 4 gallons still might be a bit much. What size would you recommend then? Something long and narrow like a vase?
8:47 ha its a dong.
Very cool vid! Thanks!
Great video. I've done this quite a lot and it's very helpful to have a method for quickly filling and emptying the tank. I usually have two hoses taped to the inside of the tank. One is attached to a tap for filling, the other is attached to a pump which empties the tank. I have quite a big tank, not sure exactly what size but it's bigger than the large one you started with. I can normally fill and empty that roughly 8-10 times per hour. With a better pump you could do more of course. The nice thing is the pump I use is really cheap, you attach it to a drill which then acts as the motor.
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It's a really good technique especially for those looking for an easy in for special effects work.
Well, this was a fun video full of some great tips! I'm not sure I will go the route of another editing software (it took me long enough to get proficient in Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro) but the water shots look like all kinds of fun. Great to see you pushing out new "non-Rona" content too 😉
What was the small tabletop stand you had that you put your ProPhoto strobe onto? I don't see that in the equipment list…
I'd REALLY be interested in such a small stand to put a strobe on tabletop!!
Thank you!! Another great and educational video!!
Thanks for the video lady P.
No Covid 19 today ??
I can see having a tank with a quick fill and drain valves would be great. Maybe even self cleaning, but that is probably pushing it.
10:05 exposure, just a "touch", 2 stops….. lol
Reminds me of the intro to James Bond 007: Skyfall; great tutorial and interesting outcomes. Thank you for this!
love your style Patrick
hahah I know your pain, I did this for Nikon for a video recently and it was so much harder than I thought…most of the time emptying the fish tank haha
Love this type of photography🔥🔥
Really cool, I honestly enjoy your content. The thing is in South Africa the camera gear is so steep I have 200D I really love it but it falls apart at night 😭
Thanks. Really interesting idea while in quarantine.
nice, here a video i made with this technique https://youtu.be/IlGkTwKeS3Y
Haven't tried it yet – just a couple ideas … Cold water will slow the diffusion, RainX the interior b4 filling should alleviate the bubbles clinging to the side ( unknown on effect on ink, if any ) – working light to dark should yield interesting effects and give more working time b4 having to empty and refill … just some thoughts
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Damnit … not quite first
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